Re: How to get an Indian birth certificate for my wife
I'm in an odd situation- I am an Indian born Australian citizen. My husband is an Indian citizen.
We were informed we needed to get the birth certificates as per the requirements stated above in the thread. For my husband as an Indian, all the apostilles referred above were required. For me I was informed they were not.
We accordingly got the copies of birth certificates (additionally complicated btw, by the unwillingness of Indian public servants to work in the middle of an Indian Election Season). Mine was issued in Mid-April, my husbands in May - with the baby due in August, we thought we were safe and within the 6 month time period. According to what we were told first time around we also organised apostille stamps for my husband's birth certificate.
On attempting to submit, we are now told that not only does my husband's paperwork need the attestation, mine do also.
This raises a couple of concerns:
1. The home state of my birth can take up to 3 months to do an apostille stamp- any delay to any of the apostilles and my birth certificate could become 'invalid' (i.e. older than 6 months).
2. Until this is done, my child cannot have a birth certificate, leading also to a delay to her naturalisation as an Australian citizen.
We have asked for an appointment at the Zivilstandamt to try and talk them around from this- I would have been happy to organise this ahead of time had I known, but this seems a case of different Officers of the Zivilstandamt applying the rules inconsistently- sometimes they interpret the requirements as though I am Indian, and sometimes as though I am as an Australian.
Any guidance, tips, hints etc would be most appreciated. I'm stressed out of my gourd, and scared of what's going to happen. I'm terrified her birth certificate will be delayed for months on end, despite the advance preparation I've attempted.
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